Legendary
Jun 03, 2021
4 minutes
CARSON, CA
MAY 29
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TEN years after relinquishing the WBC bantamweight title so he could campaign in a higher weight class, Nonito Donaire – at an astonishing 38 years old – regained his old belt when he upset the odds to crush Nordine Oubaali inside four rounds.
The remarkable feat also means the US-based Filipino has now held alphabet gongs in three different decades; his first one came down at flyweight in 2007 when he crushed IBF title-holder Vic Darchinyan in five rounds to announce his arrival.
It was a different world back then. Twitter was in its infancy and could boast only 50,000 active accounts compared to almost 200 million today. On Saturday
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